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OBSESSIONS. DECORATION. SALIENT FACTS. 16 W allpaper company Olivia + Poppy has inked a deal with trade showroom I D C o l l e c t i o n to distribute its luxury papers in Texas and surrounding regions. Now in its second year of production, Houston-based Olivia + OLIVIA + POPPY'S TEXAS TWO-STEP Poppy, founded by Jamie Graney with Tina Silvestri serving as creative director, offers more than 50 modern and playful designs in high-contrast black and white, metallics, and large- scale floral patterns. To the trade at ID Collection, Decorative Center Houston, 5120 Woodway Dr., oliviaandpoppy. com. Anne Lee Phillips P resident's Day, a throwback to an era of civility and statesmanship, is revived with great wit by Houston artist Julia McLaurin. McLaurin uses Photoshop with great aplomb incorporating arcane yet true details into her digitally collaged POTUS portraits. In her latest works, Honest Abe careens by on a Vespa; John F. Kennedy gives a peace sign; George H.W. Bush poses in Renaissance garb with his steadfast canine and a stalk of broccoli; Bill Clinton reclines à la Burt Reynolds and basks in a sea of fast food; and Martin Van Buren "spins some sweet beats," McLaurin says. Donald Trump's portrait is still in progress, not to be revealed until her solo exhibition "Hail to the Chief!" opens this month at Houston's Foto Relevance (February 22 – March 22). For a sneak peek of the entire cast, visit papercitymag.com on Presidents' Day, Monday, February 18. "Hail to the Chief!" at Foto Relevance, 616 Hawthorne St.; opening reception Friday, February 22, 6 to 8 pm; artist talk Saturday, February 23, 10 am; edition of 15 (11 x 15 inch print on 16 x 20 inch paper), $750 unframed, $850 framed); fotorelevance.com. Catherine D. Anspon POTUS PORTRAITS F rom Fresh Paint to the Menil: Sharon Kopriva, one of the Houston artists championed and curated by the late founding Menil director Walter Hopps, is featured in an expansive survey at Deborah Colton Gallery. The exhibition rounds up decades of painting and sculpture focused on nature and mortality. The exhibition begins in the years that saw Kopriva's inclusion in the MFAH's watershed mid-1980s "Fresh Paint" blockbuster. It concludes with a new series devoted to muses, most memorably Peggy Guggenheim, Andy Warhol, Dominique de Menil, and George Dureau (through February 23). Concurrently, Fifth Ward nonprofit Mystic Lyon invites Kopriva to create a storefront window (opening night Saturday, February 2, through March). Torpedoboy takes the Menil: Kudos to The Menil Collection for tapping internationally exhibited, Houston- based Trenton Doyle Hancock for a focus exhibition. "Epidemic Presents: Step and Screw!" features the museum's 2015 acquisition from the artist's critically praised mid-career retrospective at the CAMH. The drawings pair with Hancock's personal narrative. Recent Menil hire Irene Shum curates (through May 19). Just in: AbEx painter Tony Magar comes to town for an important painting exhibition at Laura Rathe Fine Art of recent canvases that belong in the theater of art history (February 23 through March 29). Catherine D. Anspon ART NOTES Julia McLaurin's 42. Bill Clinton, 2018, at Foto Relevance Sharon Kopriva's Blue Tuesday, 2017, at Deborah Colton Gallery COURTESY THE ARTIST AND DEBORAH COLTON GALLERY J e w e l r y d e s i g n e r a n d manufacturer Nazaret Kalajian founded his shop Nazar's Fine Jewelry in 1982, importing diamonds from fine diamond cutters to craft his collection set in platinum, 18K, and 14K gold. Still independently owned, Nazar's now has a new location on the corner of Richmond and 610 West Loop South to house its large inventory of private-label jewelry; engagement and wedding suites from Simon G., Scott Kay, and Verragio; and Swiss watches by Luminox, Michele, and Raymond Weil. Nazar's Fine Jewelry, 4901 Richmond Ave., nazarsfinejewelry.com. Anne Lee Phillips THIS JUST IN: NAZAR'S NEW HOME Nazarelle 18K white- gold halo engagement ring setting $2,400. Olivia + Poppy Pink Orchard wallpaper